00:00Queen Victoria and the Russian Romanovs were connected by family ties far closer than most
00:05people realize. Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Alex of Hesse, marrieds are Nicholas II and became
00:12Empress Alexandra of Russia. But the royal connection didn't end there. Alexandra was
00:18also the first cousin of Britain's King George V. That meant the British and Russian royal families
00:24were linked not only through marriage, but through blood. Their dynasties appeared united by powerful
00:31family connections. Yet despite those ties, their shared story would eventually lead to one of the
00:37darkest tragedies in royal history.
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